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Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
By:Mike Savage
Date: 7/14/2011, 8:13 am
In Response To: Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths (Malcolm Schweizer)

: Thanks for that info Mike. 55F is pretty darned cold! I'm actually
: the other way around- accustomed to heat. My house stays about
: 82 to 85F all the time. For me that is normal. If I go into a
: place where they use A/C and have it 70F then I'm shivering!
: I'll never forget being in Peru with some friends from Germany,
: Switzerland, and Italy, and we went hiking through this dry
: desert-like area. I was wearing a sweatshirt, long pants, and
: boots. They all thought I was crazy. The human body is amazing
: how it adapts to our surroundings. On the flipside, In Cusco it
: was friggin' cold, and heated buildings are apparently not
: common. And I'm talking cold cold- like 0C/32F. They also didn't
: have hot water. Taking a shower in 32F with no hot water is not
: a fun experience.

: You guys that kayak and surf in the cold have my total respect.

82-85F? 27 -29C, good grief, I'd be looking for the freezer section of a supermarket. For the past few years, my tolerance for hotter temps has dropped, anything above 20C/70F is enervating, specially if there's any humidity. Too hot makes me dumber that normal. :)
The house temp in winter is set for 17C/63-65F.

The trick with cold water washing is to not use the shower, use a "cloth and basin" method. More 'primitive' but less of heat down the drain. :)

Mike Savage
South West Cork

Messages In This Thread

Other: Cold Water Deaths
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/13/2011, 8:07 am
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Sean Dawe -- 7/13/2011, 10:54 am
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Rob Macks / Laughing Loon CC&K -- 7/13/2011, 11:50 am
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/13/2011, 6:20 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Mike Savage -- 7/13/2011, 6:59 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Malcolm Schweizer -- 7/13/2011, 7:35 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Robert N Pruden -- 7/13/2011, 7:50 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Mike Savage -- 7/14/2011, 8:13 am
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
eric Ogata -- 7/14/2011, 2:18 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Robert N Pruden -- 7/13/2011, 7:42 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
ancient kayaker -- 7/14/2011, 9:13 am
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
StephenHJ -- 7/14/2011, 3:03 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Les Cheeseman -- 7/14/2011, 4:02 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Robert N Pruden -- 7/15/2011, 11:06 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Robert N Pruden -- 7/14/2011, 5:32 pm
Re: Other: Cold Water Deaths
Bryan Hansel -- 7/14/2011, 10:40 am